CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder.
Its main features are as follows: Direct recording of multiple tracks; read / store album information from/to the cdplayer.ini file; advanced jitter correction (based on the cd-paranoia ripping library); indicates track progress and jitter control; normalization of audio signal; supports many CD-Drive from many manufacters; conversion of external WAV files; support for M3U and PLS play list files; supports multiple languages.


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